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OverviewThis book offers a comprehensive and systematic overview of the flourishing genre of the contemporary Latin American road movie, of which Diarios de motocicleta and Y tu mamá también are only the best-known examples. It offers the first systematic survey of the genre and explains why the road movie is key to contemporary Latin American cinema and society. Proposing the new category of “counter-road movie,” and paying special attention to the genre’s intricate relationship to modernity, Nadia Lie charts the variety of the road movie through films by both renowned and emerging filmmakers. The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity engages with ongoing debates on transnationalism and takes the reader along a wide range of topics, from exile to undocumented migration, from tourism to internally displaced people. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nadia LiePublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030104139ISBN 10: 3030104133 Pages: 245 Publication Date: 09 December 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents.Introduction.- 1. Traveling Across the Continent.- 2. Nations in Crisis.- 3. The Patagonian Pull.- 4: Heading North: Undocumented Migrants on the US-Mexican Border.- 5. Homeless People Roaming the Roads.- 6. Tourism.ReviewsThanks to the extent of the author's investigation we can comprehend the cultural imagery and the social and political panorama of the Latin American road movie. ... This book will provide invaluable interpretations for students and scholars of Latin American film and of the road movie as a very engaging genre. (Rhoda Desbordes-Vela, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 38 (3), 2018) Thanks to the extent of the author's investigation we can comprehend the cultural imagery and the social and political panorama of the Latin American road movie. ... This book will provide invaluable interpretations for students and scholars of Latin American film and of the road movie as a very engaging genre. (Rhoda Desbordes-Vela, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 38 (3), 2018) Nadia Lie's brilliant book demonstrates how reconsidering this film genre from the perspective of Latin American cinema allows us to enrich and refine not only our understanding of the road movie itself, but also the definition of modernity and of the `road', as a way of transport and communication and as a metaphor for (modern) life. (Sophie Dufays, Image & Narrative, Vol. 18 (4), 2017) Author InformationNadia Lie is Professor of Latin American Literature and Film at KU Leuven, Belgium. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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